#E8DD61#E8DD61

#E8DD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.145 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD61
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -11.41, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 61.88, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0356 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.145 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.2949, 69.7339, 21.5382)
Luminance	0.6973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD61 #616CE8

analogous

#E89A61 #E8DD61 #B0E861

triadic

#E8DD61 #61E8DD #DD61E8

tetradic

#E8DD61 #61E89A #616CE8 #E861B0

square

#E8DD61 #61E89A #616CE8 #E861B0

split-complementary

#E8DD61 #61B0E8 #9A61E8

monochromatic

#B4A81A #E0D22C #E8DD61 #F0E896 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E8DD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD61

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD61	1.00	1.41	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.145 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e792',
    500: '#e8dd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd61;
$custom-light: #f2e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88284,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD61

secondary

#3943B5

accent

#1FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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